linux-kernel - Re: Linux should define ENOTSUP

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Message-ID: <4576DED7.10800@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:16:39 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
CC:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux should define ENOTSUP

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> Is there any way to fix this?  Glibc people don't seem to want to fix it
>> on their part, see
>> http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2363
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Ulrich asked you to go to us once your time travel machine was
> finished.. is it finished yet ?  ;=)
> 
> this is part of the ABI, so we can't change this in 2006...
> 

If ENOTSUP is currently unused and is only there for completeness, then 
it should be fine to add it.

	-hpa
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